Month: April 2018
Word of the Day: Phoenix
Paul Schleifer The word phoenix comes into English during the Old English period, from Medieval Latin phenix, which came from the Greek phoenix. It is unclear exactly which Greek meaning […]
Word of the Day: Orthoepy
Paul Schleifer Orthoepy is the study of correct pronunciation, or of the received pronunciation. In English, it once meant specifically the study of Received Pronunciation, or RP, which was the […]
Ghosts, Big Business, and the Hope for Something More
Samantha Michalski G.K. Chesterton was a mastermind when it came to writing and explaining things that seemingly had no connection. In his three essays, “The Bluff of Big Shops”, “The […]
Word of the Day: Inscape
Paul Schleifer The word inscape was coined in the 19th century by the British priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. According to www.dictionary.com, it means “the essential inner nature of […]
Word of the Day: Easter
Paul Schleifer According to www.etymonline.com, Easter is from “Old English Easterdæg, from Eastre (Northumbrian Eostre), from Proto-Germanic *austron-, “dawn,” also the name of a goddess of fertility and spring, perhaps originally of sunrise, whose feast […]
The Potter’s Place and the Potter’s Helpers
Lyssa Henry Don and Shannon Schaupp are the owners and caretakers of the Potter’s Place in Central, South Carolina near Southern Wesleyan University. I interviewed the Schaupps to find out […]
Word of the Day: Querulous
Paul Schleifer Querulous is an adjective that can mean two different but very similar things. First, about a person, it can mean “full of complaints” or “complaining.” But it can […]